I noticed some years ago that it's been a while since I played a game that was actually hard. Not "die a thousand times until you learn the meta" hard, but actually mechanically hard to play beyond preparation. Something that involves actual skill and knowledge to beat. Anyone got any ideas?
Update: Old games that only people above the age range of 30+ play don't count because no one but old people are going to realistically bother with those. Superman 64 also doesn't count because it's only hard because it's broken fundamentally. Backgammon does count because it's one of the world's oldest games.
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Caves of Qud, CDDA, and minesweeper are p good
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These are the opposite of the criteria. Caves of Qud, CDDA basically arbitrarily block things behind you having gear of a certain level at your disposal. Once you lose that gear, no amount of skill can get you out of a tricky situation. Minesweeper is good though. But I've already spent 500 hours playing that.
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